BEST METAL DISTORTION PEDAL 2019
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- A quick test of 8 metal distortion pedals that are awesome at the moment. Check below for my videos AND links to Amazon:
Horizon Devices APEX
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Friedman Amplification BE-OD Deluxe Dual Overdrive
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KSR Ceres
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Boss Metal Core ML-2
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TC Electronic Eyemaster
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Revv G3
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Abasi Pathos
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Behringer Heavy Distortion
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0:00 Intro
Boss Metal Core 1:19
Abasi Pathos 2:19
Friedman BE OD DLX 3:06
KSR Ceres 4:08
Behringer Heavy Distortion 4:58
Horizon Device Apex 6:00
Rev G3 7:14
TC Electronic Eyemaster 8:19
9:14 Quick Comparison
10:17 Conclusion
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That Behringer better sound good because is the only one I can afford
Hahah, yeahhh
😂😂😂😂
It really is good
I believe those have been discontinued and people are jacking up the prices.
:) 😂
Im a piano jazz student and I have no ideia how I ended up here but I cant stop watching your vídeos man.
The metal chose you.
@@reinhardtpienaar1316 A new metal head has been chosen
Same I used to be a pianist but now I play metal in the guitar I recently bought the boss metal core ml2 to get that heavy sound.
Great music is great music...Miles Davis in the 70s made some of the darkest, abrasive music ever. Just look at Rated X.
You will be indoctrinated, you will be one of ys
Ola, I've been playing guitar for 57 years, 35 years professionally. I've run into every kind of psycho goof-ball picker there is. I always enjoy your your videos. Your a real person who loves the guitar. What more needs to be said. Thank you for reviewing these pedals and brightening my day.
How old are you?
Probably in his 60s or 70s.
57 y o
oh kay boo mer
Agreed
Boss Metal Core 1:19
Abasi Pathos 2:19
Friedman BE OD DLX 3:06
KSR Ceres 4:08
Behringer Heavy Distortion 4:58
Horizon Device Apex 6:00
Rev G3 7:14
TC Electronic Eyemaster 8:19
Friedman
Metal core
@@DiosDragon1111 same for me.
You beautiful man thank you.
*finds this channel
*buys guitar
*joy ensues
Thank you, Ola. I'm playing again because of you. :)
Me to man, I just picked it back up and am on my last mode. Thanks ola, I'll be ordering one of your solar's very soon
Booo never stop playing man
@@juliansuarez3849 happens man. I wont let it again though!
Same. Ola got me playing again a little over a year ago.
me too!! just gotta pick a pedal////still stuck in the 80s death metal soun with the Boss Metal Zone LOL
My favourite sound: Boss Metalcore.
I agree. Great price and sounded miles better than the eyemaster.
Agreed. Been using it for quite a while.
agree
I should get that
Cause the one I have is a green boss chorus and it sucks
@@waterproof4403 uhhhh
best genre reviews period. years later and still has worth.
thanks mate!
Metal Core was my favorite sound. Overall, the entire review for all the pedals was very well done. Thank you!
the problem with the metalcore its that the sounds its good playing alone, but with a band mix sounds really bad, have a lot of low and high frecuencies that doesnt belong to the guitar
"When the tone is this good the price don't matter as much anymore" I love this guy! I'm digging the natural look Ola, that guitar is a beauty.
HELLSEEKER so what’s the best pedal if our playing is not so good? 😂
@@yuletide I don't get your intention. He hasn't talked about playing at all, it was solely about the gear.
And btw., if it's about pedals itself, you can easily build them yourself. A 200 dollars pedal for 20 bucks? No problem. Most of the times, the housing is the most expensive part, which is quite funny to me.
The learning curve isn't that hard. But you need the tools for it too of course..
Kalte Nilsen whoops meant to comment on the thread above saying “when your playing is this good they all sound great”
Yeah, I agree on the Natural look. The lipstick and mascara era were not Ola's best days ...
what?
@@Deathrape2001 Try putting a rockmaster preamp on a pedalboard. If you're getting into "the used market of things no longer made" there's also a lot of other options (that wasn't the point of the video, he's showing current pedals you can buy new at various price points). Also, pedals are just fun to play with, which is one of the main points of this video. There's lots of people making a good living playing guitar who get their distortion from a pedal. Also the rockmaster pre needs a good eq pedal put on it to sound really good. I used to have one years ago (I don't do rack gear anymore, that's a whole other can of worms to open up and bulky to boot).
The Metalcore sounded the best to me. Second best the Revv
"Amplifiers are kinda disappearing more and more". Dist pedals have come a long way. Its a trip for me to witness the trajectory of both the music industry and specifically gear, from when I started to the present time. This video makes me feel nostalgic enough to get one and go back to the old days before vsts and modelers. Thats going full circle from my early days with a little practice amp.
I have the Friedman and I love it to death. Of course it sounds fantastic, but also having two quick-switch channels is the real selling point for me. I need to go from loud to quiet pretty quickly some times and that thing straight up gets the job done.
The Revv G3 was second to none in tone and definitely the best value for money!
Great to be included with such killer pedals Ola! Cheers 🤘🤘🤘
You put one hell of a pedal. Imo, your pedal is by far the best one here. Organic, dynamic, built in gate, all the essentials, best chug and def had the best tone. Searching for one on the internet as we speak!! Killer pedal 🤘great job!
I think your sounds the best among these.
It's great having videos like this while stores are closed. Thankfully ordering online, we get much more options.
ML-2 for me heard it live too, sweetest distortion pedal i've ever heard so far
Chugging Demos timestamps:
Boss Metalcore: 9:12
Abasi Pathos: 9:20
Friedman BEOD-DLX 9:28
KSR Ceres: 9:36
Behringer HD300: 9:44
Horizon Apex: 9:52
Revv G3: 10:00
TC Eyemaster: 10:08
I love you
Thank you!
Thanks a ton man
very helpful
Thank you
I really love Friedman - it has that Marshally thing with the distorted high frequencies that fits in a mix of band
Each video I watch makes my respect for Boss grow more and more
THE CERES ! I really like how it sounded in this video, very chunky but without losing clarity and brightness!
As an Old School Death Metal fan: EYEMASTER.
Eyemaster for the win! Seriously, it's really a one trick pony, but damn, that's a great trick!
Kickass song from an kickass album!
This is a "clone" of the old Boss HM-2, right?
@@davelanciani-dimaensionx yes it is. By the way, it sounds much better in front of an already distorted amp in my opinion
Yeah I like that sound too. i bet it would sound killer on bass. Im gonna try it.
Can we just appreciate that riff during the Behringer heavy distortion
Great demos! Really diggin’ the Boss Metal Core and the Behringer Heavy Distortion! They do indeed chug! Just ordered the Behringer and will definitely be obtaining the Metal Core eventually. Thank you for doing this pedal shootout! Quite helpful.
$25 for that Behringer?! That thing actually sounded pretty great.
I have 6 Behringer pedals I bought for $110 on ebay. I honestly couldn't be happier. They're 80% less the cost for only like 5% less performance and quality.
It's basically a boss with shitty enclosure. 100% worth it to my eyes.
The circuit is a close copy of the Boss Mega-distortion...
I have the Behringer TM300 tube amp modeler. while it can't replace other pedals or plugins, it sounds GREAT for the price
Guarantee sales went up after this
"When tone is this good price doesn't really matter" xD I knew that pink thing was gonna be your pick. It sounds so much better than all of them. Great video!!! 😊
I totally preordered the 7 string version of this cause you know, needed another. I was sold.
Listening to the chug tests back-to-back, I think the metal core is the definite winner here
I love the fact that you emphasize that it's your video and your opinion, which is what I want.
Cheers
Love my Rev pedal. Best thing I've bought in years for my sound.
I’ve just pre-ordered the 7 string version of this guitar it’s bloody gorgeous!! 🤘🏻
I just recieved the Apex as a gift from my son, who is a shredder, and just love it. PERFECT addition to my pedalboard. Sounds awesome in front end of my 2 Marshall heads.
Keep up the good work Ola...
among all that awesome pedals, metalzone and ds-1 is still in our hearts
That Pathos pedal sounded amazing to my ears. The Friedman was my 2nd favorite.
Yeah I get to hear the Pathos in person. My cousin plays a lot of metal and he uses that amplifier and it sounds awesome. He does run a noise gate with it though so it's actually even cleaner the distortion is absolutely insane.
The Ksr rocked as did the Friedman and Revv. Great demo!
The behringer ultra metal is one of the best distortion pedals for the price and sounds as good or better than much more expensive ones.I liked it so good that I bought another one.I have expensive pedals also but that behringer can do anything from blues to crunch to full out distortion.Many knobs to get the sound you want..Don't let the plastic case stop you from buying it unless you are going to stomp on it or jump up and down on it.🎸🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍
The Friedman for sure, so harmonically smooth and lush! Great for the price.
I had a metal core pedal years ago and regret selling it as it definitely captured the hardcore sound I wanted. But watching this the definition between strings on the abasi and revv are super impressive and it's obvious they have higher end components.
Revv Pedal is my Favorite 💜
Just bought a second hand Revv G3 for £130. Can't wait to receive it. I love yours and Rabea Massaad's demos of this pedal.
KSR, abasi, and revv were my favorites personally. Cleanest sound probably the KSR but all 3 are excellent choices
Ceres by far. It has so many different sounds in it too. The BE is also awesome The Horizon pedal was cool, but very dry and tight, which only works for certain things. The Revv definitely needs more top end.
I have the smaller Friedman pedal, I hook it into a power amp or impulse loader with an mxr eq for mids only And it’s amazing. an honorable mention as well is the the mxr 5150 evh od, which has a really nice noise gate, as well as the isp theta which has a built in decimator noise gate.....great video, funny that the behringer sounds better than the t c.....i have so many distortion and preamp pedals and love them all....great video
Thank you Ola! All of these pedals sound like they can be eq’ed in a mix to sound the same, except for the Behringer, because it lacks a bit of detail, and the Eyecore, because it has its own distinct sound. The Metal Core sounds the best to my ears, but then I already have my heart set on the Metal Zone.
Meanwhile we're in 2021 and my personal favourite is the Empress Heavy: two indpendent channels, lots of controls, great distortion and crunch clarity, plus two individual noisegates each with a natural and an aggressive setting. I bet you'd love this one, too!
The new Solar finish is beautiful...keep doing what you do, Ola!
Cheers from Canada
I have the G3, love it.
Revv G3 and Friedman ,ksr and pathos great dist.sounds
The Ceres absolutely crushes.
The Abasi Pathos is great sounding! Definitely one I’ll need to check out.
🤘🏼
Could you find any??? All are sold out, I want one.
@@alxdrksoul bro is that true that pathos is based on wampler dracarys??
@@wisnumurti8178 yes
You'll love it dude. My cousin plays a ton of metal he's been doing it for years and that's the pedal he uses and it sounds absolutely awesome. It doesn't have a built-in noise gate so he would probably suggest buying a noise gate with it, but either way it still sounds amazing.
A note about the Eyemaster: it HAS to be run into a secondary distortion/overdrive in order to get the intended sound. It has an extreme post-distortion EQ that is meant to boost the hell out of the next overdrive stage, causing the "tearing/ripping" swedish deqth metal sound.
The point wasn't to test the pedal in front of an amp though, it was how they sound on their own.
ive found that it sounds best going into a crunch channel.
So you mean to put in behind an OD pedal like the Boss SD-1?
@@lichkrieg4898 I know, but that pedal is unique in that it is NOT meant to be used by itself, or into a clean channel. It really should be made with a secondary drive stage after the EQ stage, but they are intended to be used into an already overdriven amp specifically.
@@binhck it's best used into a full "amp style" distortion, or an actual amp.
Thanks a lot for this video! My favorites are Pathos Abasi and Revv G3.
Excellent Clip!
My #1 is a Keeley Modded Metal Zone. It has all the aforementioned Mids!
Thank You Ola
My top three are the KSR Ceres, Abasi Pathos and Revv G3.
*Hey!* .... That natural wood finish is badass!
Revv G3 is my baby that I have on my board and goodness the tones that thing blesses me with. Glad to see it get some love here 🙌🏼 Some other rad pedals as well!!!
The Revv is the clear winner for me. I like pedals these days that have their own unique sound. The runner ups being Eyemaster & KSR.
Got the Revv3 after your last review. My favorite distortion pedal so far and I'm a collector. Cheers Ola
PATHOS: i like hearing all the notes in a chord even under heavy distortion
I was looking for this comment. The weird clarity even under heavy distortion was breathtaking.
Ksr ceres is what you need! Unmatched clarity by any other pedal, and their amps are at higher level as well!
So, listen to dead memories by slipknot you will like that
Good point.
I think his pickups are a huge contributor to it as well.
Love the rev, pathos, and KSR!!!
Ola Englund I have to thank for this video. I was so into the Eyemaster that I immediately stopped paying attention to the rest and ordered one. Its buck-nasty and me and my band are in love with my new sound. Thanks so much!!!
I never noticed the beautiful embossing on that cabinet.
I've never noticed it either. Good catch and thanks for pointing it out!
Ceres and Revv sound the best for me. That Solar looks sick!
KSR Ceres sounded the best me too so I'm glad you picked that in the end. Makes my decision easier
I have seen many “best distortion pedal” videos but I feel like this is the best one it shows some real kickass pedals
Honestly the Friedman sounds the most like a tube amp but the KSR is an aggressive monster. I’d i was on a super cheap budget the metalcore could do the job just fine.
The Metal Core holds together but sounds so so solid state pedalsoundy.
Man! Great video. Perfect layout and amount of time and info on each thing. Great job man.
"when the tone is this good, the price is not as important anymore" I wholly agree Ola. words of wisdom.
Nice guitar finish!
Prost!
Damn that guitar is just a masterpiece, looks so good !
I fell in love when I saw that Eyemaster. Even more so when I heard it.
Lol
Boss and KSR were my favs. Thinking about ordering the Boss.
Apex, Metal Core, and Behringer were my favorites. Big applause to Behringer for making another useful beginner pedal.
Dude, I'm digging that new solar natural finish guitar. Ola, you're really making it difficult to not spend my money!
I have the Pathos and love it, but I really like how robust and heavy the metal core sounds.
HD 300 Behrnger its the best distortion pedal for me, my favorite.
That Eyemaster is so unique. I wonder how it would sound dialled back and stacked with something else.
Exactly my thoughts. Id love to try it with any of them, it might sound interesting with the Metal Core actually. who knows. its a good idea though
I generally run a KMH Logan into it to use as a pre-amp and treat the Eyemaster as a distortion circuit, sounds very unique if you dial it in right! It has the savagery of the HM-2 sound with more chord and chug definition, very enjoyable :). And of course I can just press a few buttons and go back to my old trusty chainsaw sound again B)
That Revv G3 is awesome tone.. I want
Love the metal core video u did. Playing it through the effects loop sounded 🔥
the big pink one sounded so badass
Listening through Klipsch home audio , the Metal Core was crushing
I like the revv🤘🏻 sounds killer.
The Pathos won this for me, had a great chug but also the most clarity.
Glad u included behringer, I am sold on there effects. There not bad at all. Ordered four of them to my door for a little over 1500$ What a deal. Thinking about trying out there wah's, for about 59$.
The eyemaster sounds like when I plugged my guitar into my dad's old stereo
the pedals itself not sure wheter to sound black or death
😂
@@zipppircik it’s based off of the Boss HM2 pedal with all the knobs on max, which was used for both Swedish death metal and black metal, so it’s not really either / or
Sounds like an amplified dog fart (and not in a good way)! Sorry My Swedish brothers, find another tone, because if that is representative (and I like a lot of Swedish metal) Yikes.
Holy crap that Berhringer is so sick I'm getting one all because of this
I love what you played on the Horizon pedal.
Revv G3.. the clarity of every note.. and it sound pretty pretty cool..
the metal core was my favorite
to my ears the Metal Core sounds best 👍
Wow! Eyemaster and the Behringer dist surprises me!
The Metal Core and the Ceres sound absolutely fierce.
The metal core sounds tight
My two favorites were the BOSS Metal Core and the KSR Ceres. However, you could totally make the Behringer Heavy Distortion work and it costs a lot less.
The Behringer with an EQ in the chain would probably be killer
I love the sound of the metal core
Honestly, a presence and/or resonance knob on a distortion pedal would drastically boost my interest immediately, I tune to drop Bb, I feel like the super high sibilance and the super low rumble is real important to control when tuning real low
I think Ceres, Horizon and Metalcore have a great sound
Abasi Pathos for the Win \m/
but the Eyemaster and Behringer look like a no brainer purchase
Very good! Awesome pedals! Well done, Ola!! ...in particular the end with the "chug" demonstrations.
I've only seen 2 of your videos so far, and don't even play metal, but your videos are so entertaining I had to subscribe.